Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Αφηγηματική Διερεύνηση	Μελέτη περίπτωσης	Ανάλυση Αφηγήματος
Πεδίο	Ποιοτική Έρευνα	Ποιοτική Έρευνα	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2000	1984 (Yin); 1995 (Stake)	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Δημιουργός	D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly	Robert K. Yin; Robert E. Stake; Sharan Merriam	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Τύπος	Method	Method	Qualitative interpretive method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Clandinin, D. J., & Connelly, F. M. (2000). Narrative inquiry: Experience and story in qualitative research. Jossey-Bass.	Yin, R. K. (2014). Case study research: Design and methods (5th ed.). Sage Publications.	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Narrative Analysis, Narrative Research, Life Story Method	Case Study, Single Case Study, Multiple Case Study	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Συναφείς	3	4	6
Σύνοψη	Narrative inquiry is a qualitative research methodology that treats stories and life narratives as primary data, analyzing how individuals construct meaning and identity through storytelling. Developed by D. Jean Clandinin and F. Michael Connelly (2000), narrative inquiry examines the narratives people tell about their lives, experiences, and transitions, understanding that people make sense of experience through narrative.	Case study research is an intensive, contextual investigation of a single case (or small number of cases) to explore a phenomenon in depth. Developed systematically by Robert K. Yin (1984) and Robert E. Stake (1995), case study research employs multiple data sources (interviews, observation, documents, artifacts) to produce a holistic understanding of a bounded phenomenon within its real-world context.	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.